Category: Rhode Island

We cleared out of our AirBNB at 10am (and reported the wine glass that I broke), leaving seven hours until our ferry departure. So unlike our last few island-exploration days, this one we would do with all of our bags strapped to our bikes. Which in some ways is easier; carrying everything with us that…

Day 3 Only five miles of riding took us from our home at the center of the island to where the road ends at the tip of the northern peninsula. We abandoned the bikes and continued on foot along the sometimes-rocky beach, drawn to the lighthouse (contrary to its original purpose). I spotted something bobbing…

Two months ago I’d never even heard of Block Island. Martha’s Vineyard? Yes. Nantucket? Of course, I’ve heard dirty limericks. But who knew Rhode Island had its own offshore vacation spot to compete with Massachusetts? It was only when I started considering a ferry-focused route through New England that I noticed an extra dot in…

Jenny Lake, a year ago in the shadow of the Tetons, was the last place where we “camped out” at a campground for four nights. Even though our only private space is our tent, the routines of walking by the office on the way to the bathroom, of kicking the same mostly-buried boulder outside my…

We got rolling out of our motel at 9:30am, and within 15 seconds we were back on the Washington Secondary Rail Trail, heading north. The trail was again freshly repaved and perfect (except for some of the road crossings which still have concrete work to complete), and made for the easiest morning start we’ve had…